Deuteronomy 20:19

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Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city and wage war against it for a long time to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by forcing an axe against them for you may eat from it, but you cannot cut it down.

 
1.  What are we not allowed to do doing war?

2.  Why do you think we are not allowed to do this?

The rabbis call this BA’AL TASHCHIT.